VERB TO BE IN THE PAST TENSE

Mr. Vizcarra is The President of Peru
PRESENT TENSE
I am in Lima now
You are very thin these days
He is a very intelligent person
She is a Math teacher now
It is a shiny day today
We are in our second year at Uladech
University
You are a non-face to face student now
They are in the cinema now
They were our last presidents
PAST TENSE
I was in Chimbote yesterday
You were fat last month
He was a shy boy last year
She was a university student last semester
It was cold yesterday
We were in high school 3 years ago
You were a face to face student last
summer
They were in the circus last weekend.

GRAMMAR CHART

PRONOUN VERB BE IN NEGATIVE FORM

THE PAST
TENSE
I was was not---wasn’t
You were were not---weren’t
She/He/It was was not---wasn’t
We were were not---weren’t
You were were not---weren’t
They were were not---weren’t

Complete with the correct form of the verb be in the past tense.

a. Maradona is from Argentina. He _______ my favorite soccer player.

b. I’m 29 years old. I ____ born in 1991.
c. It______ very cold last winter.
d. Bob and Allison _______- very good friends two years ago.
e. Mary ________ very poor some years ago. Now, she works hard and has a lot of
money.
TEN YEARS AGO

Herman was a very thin man ten years ago

Joseph wasn’t rich. He was very poor.

Mary was a beautiful dancer.

Alice was a pretty smart cook and Rocio was a famous stewardess.